Club Championship
The 2005 Marlborough Running Club Championship
In 2005 we had our first club championship. It adopted a similar format to that used by several other local clubs and awarded prizes in two categories: best male and best female.
The aim was to encourage participation in races, so points were awarded for completing events as well as for performance. This meant someone who competed in a lot of the Championship events had the chance to beat a very fast runner who only entered a few.
There were a range of distances and types of event, and all results were age adjusted using the World Association of Veteran Athletics (WAVA) age-grading standards. This ensured that in theory at least, the best overall performances should win (click here to use the WAVA Age Grading Calculator and just for fun click here to see how the the results look without the WAVA age-grading standards applied).
Final Ladies Championship Positions 2005.
| Pos. |
Name |
Score
(Best 10) |
1
Term |
2
Grizz |
3
Comp |
4
Beast |
5
KAT |
6
Stick |
7
O'Hills |
8
Slog |
9
Mara |
10
Half |
11
10Km |
12
5Km |
Total
Score |
No. of
Events |
Avg /
Event |
| 1 |
Jane Watkins |
154 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
20 |
20 |
18 |
17 |
20 |
20 |
154 |
8 |
19.3 |
| 2 |
Maria Gravina-Coles |
147 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
18 |
17 |
16 |
19 |
19 |
147 |
8 |
18.4 |
| 3 |
Annabel Smith |
95 |
18 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
95 |
5 |
19.0 |
| 4 |
Ali Hollington |
80 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
20 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
4 |
20.0 |
| 5 |
Lorraine Popham |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
16 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
2 |
17.0 |
| 6 |
Catherine Murphy |
32 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
2 |
16.0 |
Final Mens Championship Positions 2005.
| Pos. |
Name |
Score
(Best 10) |
1
Term |
2
Grizz |
3
Comp |
4
Beast |
5
KAT |
6
Stick |
7
O'Hills |
8
Slog |
9
Mara |
10
Half |
11
10Km |
12
5Km |
Total
Score |
No. of
Events |
Avg /
Event |
| 1 |
Ted Townsend |
195 |
19 |
20 |
0 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
18 |
19 |
0 |
20 |
195 |
10 |
19.5 |
| 2 |
Ian Newell |
184 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
19 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
17 |
17 |
19 |
17 |
184 |
10 |
18.4 |
| 3 |
Pete Horsell |
178 |
18 |
18 |
0 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
15 |
16 |
20 |
18 |
178 |
10 |
17.8 |
| 4 |
Paul Coles |
170 |
16 |
16 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
14 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
170 |
10 |
17.0 |
| 5 |
Graham Townsend |
128 |
15 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
0 |
12 |
17 |
0 |
128 |
8 |
16.0 |
| 6 |
Alan Joslin |
123 |
10 |
0 |
16 |
13 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
10 |
11 |
16 |
16 |
123 |
9 |
13.7 |
| 7 |
Simon Hewitt |
109 |
14 |
15 |
20 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
16 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
109 |
7 |
15.6 |
| 8 |
Simon Liebling |
84 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
5 |
16.8 |
| 9 |
Donald Cross |
65 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
65 |
5 |
13.0 |
| 10 |
Phil Griffiths |
59 |
0 |
14 |
18 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
59 |
4 |
14.8 |
| 11 |
Chris Wardell |
57 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
57 |
3 |
19.0 |
| 12 |
John Billett |
55 |
10 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
55 |
4 |
13.8 |
| 13 |
Dave Wardell |
54 |
12 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
4 |
13.5 |
| 14 |
Richard Smith |
26 |
13 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
2 |
13.0 |
| 15 |
Tim Ashton |
22 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
2 |
11.0 |
2005 Marlborough Running Club Championship Rules
- The Club Championship will cover the calendar year and will be open to all fully paid up members.
- Only races completed while a paid up member will be eligible (so races run before joining MRC, or when membership subs were unpaid, will not count).
- There will be 12 nominated events/categories, from which each member’s best 10 results will count.
Members will score up to 20 points for each event (best 10 to count), as follows:
For completing the event: 10 points.
For performance: up to 10 points - ie, members’ results will be age adjusted and the best male and best female will each score 10 points, second place 9 points, etc, down to 1 point for 10th position.
- In the case of a tie, final Championship positions will be decided on the basis of those events in which the tied runners both competed; if still a tie, the member with the most/highest finish position(s) will prevail.
- We may not know what races have been entered, particularly in the standard distance categories where each member’s single best result will count; therefore members who want to take part in the Championship will be required to:
register for the series, and
notify what events they complete, and
confirm their results (particularly their best results in the standard distance categories).
- Registration can be at any time during the year (but Championship updates will be published from time to time and will only include those who have registered).
- Any disputes will be settled by the organiser whose decision will be final.
Additional Note: The Championship includes 8 specific multi-terrain events and 4 standard distances (ie, marathon, half marathon, 10Km and 5Km).
To encourage everyone to participate in some road races, the original intention had been that only road races would count in the 4 standard distance categories.
However, after further consideration it has been decided to allow any event that complies with the general requirements: ie, that is the correct distance,
with a measured course, accurate timing and published results.
© 2008 Marlborough Running Club
